Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Where Are The Spanish Creoles?; 3. The Atlantic English-based Creoles; 4. The Creationist at a Cocktail Party; 5. Off the Plantation for Good; 6. Synthesis; 7. Conclusion; References; Index
Summary
John McWhorter challenges an enduring paradigm among linguists in this provocative exploration of the origins of plantation creoles. Using a wealth of data--linguistic, sociolinguistic, historical--he proposes that the "limited access model" of creole genesis is seriously flawed
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index
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